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Topic: Button Activated By Slider Position

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ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
I would like to have a button activate (work) only if a slider fader is in a certain position.

EX: If I press a button on my mixer, I do not want the button to activate unless the channel 1 fader is at the 50% position or greater.

Thanks in advance,
Clay
 
Posted Tue 11 Sep 12 @ 8:59 am
On the slider : "slider action & param_greater 50% ? set 'OKtoGo' 1 : set 'OKtoGo' 0"
On the button: "var 'OKtoGo' ? button action : nothing"
 
Posted Tue 11 Sep 12 @ 10:29 am
ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
Thanks again PhantomDeeJay!
You Da Man!

Clay
 
Posted Tue 11 Sep 12 @ 1:50 pm
In the future, please post mapping related issues in the Hardware Forums, and not in the Skins one.

Thank you.
 
Posted Tue 11 Sep 12 @ 2:05 pm
ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
Sorry MOD, I will remember for future.
I am still having a problem, hopefully I can finish solving it here?

PhantomDeeJay (or anyone);
After trying out the strings that you sent, it does not work.
When I press the button, the players just sit there no matter what position the fader is in.

I used your syntax modified like this:
On the slider : "volume & param_greater 50% ? set 'OKtoGo' 1 : set 'OKtoGo' 0"
On the button: "var 'OKtoGo' ? play : nothing"

Using the above syntax, when I press the button, one of the players should play if the fader is above 50% (and not play below 50%), but nothing happens.

If I change the button syntax to:
"var 'OKtoGo' 0 ? play : nothing" -or-
"var 'OKtoGo' ? play : play"
Then one of the players will play, but will still not respond to the position of the slider.

Any idea's?

Thanks again,
Clay
 
Posted Tue 11 Sep 12 @ 10:44 pm
if you are using the fader and the opposite sides button you need to make the variable '$global'

param_greater 50% ? set '$OKtoGo' 1 : set '$OKtoGo' 0"

... I wish I read the post properly, I just made an awesome gif to help you, but it's completely wrong for what you want LOL

I'm still gonna post it though cause it looks sick! ;-)



that would be this though

param_smaller 50% ? deck left action : param_greater 50% ? deck right action : nothing
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 12:49 am
Slider:
deck 1 volume & param_greater 50% ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0

Button:
deck 1 var_equal 'VolumeLock' 1 ? deck 1 play : nothing


If the above code does not work then for the slider only you can try this:
deck 1 volume value & param_greater 50% ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 1:10 am
ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
Still no luck guys.
Nothing happens when I press the button no matter what position the fader is in.

Once again,deck 1 will play if I change the button var code to "0" instead of "1";
"deck 1 var_equal 'VolumeLock' 0 ? deck 1 play : nothing" ,or if I change it to;
"deck 1 var_equal 'VolumeLock' 0 ? deck 1 play : play"
But button will still work no matter if the fader is in the 0%, 50%, 100%, or anything in between position.
It looks like the first part of the slider code is not being read, and its only responding to the "set 'VolumeLock" 0' command.

I also tried your alternate slider code;
deck 1 volume value & param_greater 50% ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0
Which also did not work.

What else can I change in the code?

PS: Nice GIF Synthet1C! :)

Thanks again,
Clay
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 8:31 am
Try these for the slider:

deck 1 volume & param_greater 128 ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0

deck 1 volume & param_greater 0.5 ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0

deck 1 volume value & param_greater 128 ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0

deck 1 volume value & param_greater 0.5 ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0


The button code should remain the same...
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 8:43 am
ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
Oops, sorry guys for the last note.
After further troubleshooting, I found the problem.

PhantomDeeJay, the last code that you sent does work fine! :)

In addition to your code, I had to make input/output changes to the midi settings for the channel fader on my mixer.

The code works great now!

Thanks again!
Clay
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 9:13 am
Can you tell us which one was the "right" code?

Thanks!
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 9:58 am
ClayDJPRO InfinityMember since 2011
The code that worked was;

Slider:
"deck 1 volume value & param_greater 50% ? deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 1 : deck 1 set 'VolumeLock' 0"
Button:
"deck 1 var_equal 'VolumeLock' 1 ? deck 1 play : nothing"

On the Behringer 4000 mixer, each channel can be individually assigned for midi.
On my mixer, channel faders 1&2 needed to be midi enabled and midi unmuted (it is possible to mute midi out).

Works great with your code!
Thanks again, you have been a great help!

Clay
 
Posted Wed 12 Sep 12 @ 1:49 pm


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